I can observe the problem in a stock Ubuntu 19.10 VM, after installing the
google-chrome-stable deb from chrome.com.
Attaching journalctl, the following lines look like they might be related to
the problem:
jul 03 07:11:55 eoanvm gnome-software[2412]: failed to rescan: Failed to parse
/usr/share/appdata/google-chrome.appdata.xml.dpkg-new file: cannot process file
of type text/html
jul 03 07:11:55 eoanvm gnome-software[2412]: failed to rescan: Failed to parse
/usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop.dpkg-new file: cannot process
file of type text/plain
jul 03 07:12:07 eoanvm gnome-software[2412]: failed to rescan: No valid root
node specified
jul 03 07:12:07 eoanvm gnome-software[2412]: failed to rescan: Failed to parse
/usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop file: cannot process file of type
application/x-desktop
jul 03 07:12:08 eoanvm gnome-software[2412]: failed to rescan: Failed to parse
/usr/share/applications/defaults.list file: cannot process file of type
text/plain
jul 03 07:12:08 eoanvm gnome-software[2412]: failed to rescan: Failed to parse
/usr/share/applications/defaults.list file: cannot process file of type
text/plain
jul 03 07:12:08 eoanvm gnome-software[2412]: failed to rescan: Failed to parse
/usr/share/applications/defaults.list file: cannot process file of type
text/plain
jul 03 07:12:08 eoanvm gnome-software[2412]: failed to rescan: Failed to parse
/usr/share/applications/defaults.list file: cannot process file of type
text/plain
jul 03 07:12:08 eoanvm gnome-software[2412]: failed to rescan: Failed to parse
/usr/share/applications/defaults.list file: cannot process file of type
text/plain
** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1835076
Title:
No open button after installing .deb package
Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Steps:
1. Double click on a .deb package
2. Software opens up
3. Click 'Install' button
4. After installation, there is no 'Open' button that is normally there when
installing other software
Tested on Xubuntu 19.10 daily
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